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Mason, cxtapt Bennett and ex-Brigadier
Gen. Whitley. The first had made his
home in Cincinnati, Bennett and Whitley had
settled in Chicago. and, as martial represen-
tatives of Ohio and Illinois, had entered the
field Immediately after the fire on Sumter
They were all bachelors then, nearly the
same age, and having gone with their com
mands to Missouri, were soon DIR. wn into ac-
quaintance and friendship by similarity Of
opinions and tastes. They had seen good
deal of service in different parts Of the south;
had all been woundcd-Goodwin and Whitley
several times each--and had kept up the
friendship joined in the early days. After
the close Of the struggle they found them
selves in New York, where they are still
engaged in business The endless distrac
tons of the city prevent their meeting as
often rs they would choose; but on Dccora-
ton day they ere always in company, and are
likely to be bound together by associations OF
the past while life continues. They are cred
table examples Of the citizen soldiers on
whom the republic can always depend in
time of need. They, in common with millions
of their countrymen north and south. so re-
we're the national ensign that they would
sacrifice everything in its defense.
"Goodwin,' said Whitley lthe four had
dropped their military titles, like sensible
men, with the termination of the war;, I'VE
all feel as you do about the old flag, as you
we'll know | have been told that you showed
your devotion to it 10y recapturing the colois
OF your regiment at Wilson'S Creek. Can't
you give Us the storyi'
ats not worth telling" replied Goodwin
1t was only one of the many incidents that
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correct

His family, mhnppily, didn't Sy,upathiAe
with his military tastes. They had strong
ambitions in different direction They he
longed 10 and fraternled with the present
and lts material interests. His wife had been
obliged Ia lie both financial and domestic
manager, and her husbands inpiovdence
often placed her in very awkward predira
mentS. Their son turned his attention 10 law
and looked forward hopefully to future dis.
tinction. lie had worked hard to pun him
self up 10 the starting place, too; and the
ncighborS said he deserved credit. The
daughters leaned to music and painting, and
dreamed of careers, and yainly wished II
were possible TO convince their over patriotic
father that the war had long since ended.
The captain, though a bodily figure In his
household, IN spirit dwelt in the past amid
the roar OF battle or in the idle days of wait
Ing In camp and was happy as only one who
INDUCES bis pet dreams eau be As his hair
whit-ned and old age began to face him
squarely, his war stories were often finished
with a sigh, and he spoke more frequently of
reunions IN that unknown country into which
flesh AMI blooi can never enter and where
war and the engines Of war are neither
known nor needed. And when there were
reunions here--w when the old veterans met and
marched ON iielt Of peace under flags that
had been triunphantly borne III war-Capt
Hatton's eyes were always dim with tears
Once lie looked at the shrunken column Of
veterans and feehngly repeated these lines:
Another mighty host comes marching slow
FROM their long bivouacs in the grass and
SNOW
BY these they fought and suffered long ago.
Through every street they march With silent
TRAD
fOu,ck.p the living, ye the living dead;
I<,ok the same tattered flag is overhead.
His materialistic and unpcetical friends said
that lie was getting old and possibly little
feeble ujpdei; but thoss who are much inter
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ested In life never understand tho feeling Of

those VINO are sllppiiS out OF IL.
Last year, MS Decoration day approached,
Capt. Hatton's eyes burned With more patri-
otto fervor than ever. Honors to the dead
heroes OF the war gave him great joy His
fellow townSmcn, knowing the depth ana
strength of his patriotism, requested him TO
give a talk on Decoration day, IN the ceme-
terry, on the war and its heroic dead.
The day came The few soldiers graves
in the Braceville cemetery were most pro-
digally covered with flowers, Prayers were
offered, poems read and eulo9ies pronounced
over the brave men who died in their coun-
| trys service. But there were few to weep
over them Their companions and friends
had nearly all vanished from under the sun,
Can't. IIattuns address astoniahcd every
body. IL was the outpouring Of hIs heart on
"A theme dcarer TO him than all else, ana the
force and feeling with which he spoke set the
hearts Of his hearers on fire, and they wept'
He painted the spirit Of the war as 1t came 10
and overshadowed the peaceful land he de-
scribel the action Of battle, the courage OF
the soldiers, their endurance and patience III
the long marches and the tedious camp HE
He painted too, the Battle of Shiloh, where
he had given the best of his corporal frame
that awful scene, where after the tight one
could walk long distances stepping only on
dead bodies.
And when he spoke of the dead 1t was win
strong and tender feeling and much SIMPLE
moving eloquence. He told how he had seen
them lying on the field after the battle, their
white or ashcn gray faces, with contracted
muscles, taking ghastly or distorted shape or
again wearing smiles of sernphic sweetness
He became a poet in describing the scene
His friends and neighborS listened with tear
full attention and felt "A new ana deeper
respect for the brave and loyal old soldier.
That evening the l!aiton family SAT down
10 supper in unusual spirits. The captain
was stil under the influence of the days
hlllowcd glory; and, for the first time III
their lives, las wife and children were proud
OF his abnormal patriotism
Iii, soa brought letters and handed them to
his father before they seated themselves at
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already began to imagine that mighs ~
destined not to DO struck constant dangee
makes US fatalists-and ! galloped along 70
the music Of the guns, fancying myself In Q
ieverish dream. TO DO beyond the sound Of
cries and groaas, tho sight Of blood and
wounds was q great relief.
Il seemed TO he only IN danger myself, and
Of the. danger was almost UNCONSCIOUS. I
Yves in par3 of the field away from the
battle, riding FAST to where supposed Gen.
Lyon to be, when my horse reared RS IL tn
pain. l believed that he must be nortally
wounded b. C. stray shot. dsensaged my
feet from ,ae s,vrups, and just in time, for I
felt that he Yves failing, tmbled bcadlong-
l cou.d no. save myself-and then was un.
conscious How long remained so cannot
tel. arose with senses dazed, but tho din
OF battle, the sight of dust, powder and smoke
restored me. Ny horse lay dead few feet
distant, the blood still flowing fror. his side,
caused apparently by grape shot. No
one seemed near me, and l was walk.
ing away somewhat lame, when voice, say.
ing Surrender, you id Yankee, or I'll blow
your brains outr drew my attention. Out Of
cluster of trees had stepped Confederate
officer, whom glance disclosed as the captOr
of our colors, To allay any doubt, if there
could be doubt, the silken end Of the stripes
was still visible in the breast Of his coat. He
was coming toward me with revolver
lcveled at my head, perhaps fifty feet of.
He doubtless believed me unarmed; but I
reached instinctively toward my belt and
drew my pistol, which had happily been un.
injured by my fall,
"'Never,' shouted. 'You have taken the
colors of my regiment I'll get them back or
die
"'Dic them he responded, and a bullet
Whiyypl paSt me
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published in the official gazette and by tie
press throughout the dominons. In our
country this reward from the highest power
in the government is sometimes conveyed to
the brave winner by the hands of the post
man. Rarely, indeed, is the presentation
made an occasion of public ceremony. 1t y
received, gazed upon reveren,ly by its pos
SCISSOR, for it is full of significance to him, ana
then it is put carefully away and is only
brought out occasionally for inspection by
. comrade, or worn ON parade il specially
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few besides the re-
cipieuts know of its
existence. This ig-
norancc is due to
the fact that II mis-
la Ell simplicity
marks the method
of its presentation.
In other countries,
particularly those
We initiate in mill
tary matters, the
decoration is often
handed to the sol
dicr 10y his sover-
cign in the pres
ence of the princi-
pal officers of state,
OF large bodies of
troops and of thou
sands of people.
The name Of the
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authorized This medal Of honor has been
awarded 70 about 800 officers and men OF the
volunteer service for individual acts OF gal
mhtry during the late war, and to $50 en-
listed men in the United States army since,
but 1t seems to have been conferred with
nodesty so excessive that it amounted to
secrecy, and without any public recognition
VI the honor it was INTENDED TO confer
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declared that he had some rights in the case,
since lis energy and perseverance had secured
the pension.
This speech made its way straight into the
captains consciousness like knife, aud ike
1. knife wa, The wound il made. This money,
then, this pension, was not ms he had proudly
believed, the voluntary gift of gratcf"'
government His son had begged, schemcd,
planned aud struggled to get 1t, and IN the
eyes of his country he was no better patriot
than the mcanest OF her seryltors
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table. The captain,
with his thoughts
on fields of battle
and doad com
rade :, handled
them IDLY without
looking at them
and laid them aside.
The young man
seemed 10 have
Il o., letters on his
mind. He glanced
toward them from
time To time as he
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mcnt, " htlc the
mother hcroicnliy
stood by lhrrlnjc,t
Of the home.
w urnlcr and
warmer grew the
discussion Argu
incntS, appeals, MS
sertionS, rctorts
even, flew around
the family hoard
like wicked spirits
ut war with each
other. y o one
counselel patience
and elaboration i'm
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THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
A Decoration for the Living soldiers of
the Late War.

Nearly 100000 people of the United
States scarcely know that there is Il national
tribute paid to IT,, brave soldiers. This is the
medal OF honor given 10y congress for dis,ln-
suishcd conduct in the presence of the enemy
OILY This medal has been in existence for
more than twenty years, and has been con
ferrcd upon several hundred heroes, but very
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A MEMORY.
amH
- . -
s~s-N~A
lMAY, iSGLl

MAY, lSGll te
The morning stars were growing pale, if-a-
But still we slept, rs soldiers sleep =
Who know not fear deep in the vale 80
Between the mountains dark and steep. 8
\ quiet brOodcd DER the camp, !;
And not u cloud was in the sky,
with soothing dcwS orr hrows were damp,
A sweet breeze famed us tendcrly.
1t may have been n mockiug bird, -
Low trilIng to the dawning day, n
But every veteran dreamed he heard
His love sing rs he sleeping lay. q
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And some were children left at home
Without u mothers tender care.
But ali, how mournful was that strain. go =.
That low, sad song in dreaming ears a.
II rose and fell and rose again. 49,
And died as If in sobs and tears.
Then brayrd the trumpet, FLASHED the drum:
Fall i'm Up sprang We oil as one;
Bullets like bees began to hum,
And warm, red blood like wine to run.
ON which side fought we, shall say
1--WE fOu, ht 50 hard. with hearts SO trueD
We may have worn the stainless gray,
OR loyally the precious blue.
Some fell some lived, and all were brave,
For all had heard love sing that morn!
oh, woman, weeping 10y grave
Oh golden dream to tatters torn ~
What without love H. victory worthS
What II defeat if love be wont
Hearts Of the south. hearts Of the north,
Thrub louder than the drum or gun.
MAURICE THOMPSON.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19
A Petrihcd IIoneycomb.

About ten years ago, a. NJ. Gray of
Boston, was travelling about the
country, seeking TO recover his health,
which was feeble at that time. He as
at one time at UcOnto, Wis, and there
he meandered about considerably
through the fields.
One day, in climbing Owe a stone
wall, a stone upon which he had rested
his hand fell to the ground. Its pecu-
liar appearance attracted his attention,
but, although he examined it closely,
he could not make out what it was. In
shape it was oval, about the size Of an
ordinary stove cover, and four inches
thick.
This stone he took with him, and
upon reaching Washington in the
course of his journeying, took it to the
Smithsonian Institute, and there sought
to learn, by comparison with the large
and varied collection Of geological speci-
mems, just what it was.
However, nothing like it could be
found. His long search and close
scrutiny of the numerous specimens
caused one Of the professors TO inquire
what he was searching for.
Upon being shown tte rock by Mr..
Gray, the professor examined it a mo-
ment. and then went into ecStasies over
it. He said it was pctritied honey, a thing
which had never before been known,
Almost everything else was known to
exist in a petrifed state, but UP to that
time petriied honey had never been
found.
When the piece was broken r beautiful
sight was presented of perfectly formed
cells, with honey petrilied III them IN
little drops, that sparkled like diamonds
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19

Everything TN"v Own Suroo-el from the
ioOr Peasant,

Everything TN~v Own Sqron-rl from the
ioor Peasant.
Dublin would be the most beautiful
city III Europe but :or two tNlugs-its
buildings and rs people. lnr agistuc-
racy, so-cattcd, ike in tumble.down
villas, when, though their white walls
sparkle III the sunshine, prove, when
approached. to toe painted shells sur
rounded by gardens III runs. T,cin-
habltantS ot all these villas are a set of
oroken-doWn landlords, who have been
compelled TO close their country houses
and come TO town TOR economy SAKE;
WIDOWS living on the doWry paid them
by their elder brothers, and MORTGAGE
creditors, who live on the mortgages
that they or their ancestors lave placed
on the land; for in Ireland, with the
exception Of a few diStiliers and brew
ers, who live on the drunkenness of the
people, there Is no possible mode OF OBJ
tanning money save from the peasant
farmer. The Socialistic axiom that
capital is only q useless value. the toll
OF the worker being unpaid, is in other
countries mitigated aud almost lost
sight of in the multiplicity Of
through which money must low before
1t falls into the pockets of the rich.
But in Ireland the direct aud rude
transfer of money from the horny hands
nf In nnnnn - tla III, -. F.-.-.
of the landlord has a horrible smell of
slavery.
In Ireland the landlord does abso-
lutely nothing save to grab all the
money that the peasant can Scrape to-
gether, An Irish landlord SAID: ;" have
always done, now do and will continue
to do just rs the other landlords, for it
Is as impossible for me as the rest Of
my class 10 Go otherwise; but that does
not prevent me from acknowledging
the fact that 1t Is Il WORKOUT system, at
war with the nineteenth century. and
something that should be at once abol-
ished. In Ireland every chicken that
goes into the pot, every glass Of cham
payne drunk, every silk robe that
rustles on the street, every rose worn
at the ball, is SO much squeezed
out or the misery Of the peasants
howell. a few years ago this tribute
for that is what il is-waS accepted
without a murinur, just as feudaiism
or slavery was accepted long ago in
other lands. But now the scales have
fallen from the eyes Of the nation and
the sore is laid bare in all its u~gliness,
Just as if the inner garment had been
removed from the natural body, reveal
ing the flesh covered with scars and
poStules. This wound, which hith-
erto was only visible TO a few, you now
STE everywhere in the most sqnalid dis
trictS of the city rs we'll as in the most
elegant and fashionable quarters"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19
Chinese Costumes.

1he principal feature Of a China
man Costume is the fact that nothing
ever It's Dut Ills stockings. His clothing
consists, really, Of three or four shirts,
each opening in front and having five
buttons, a sacred number. These but
TONS are never in a straight row, but in
a sort Of Seml-circle half around the
BODY. The outer garments have sleeves
a foot longer than the arm, a fact which
affords abundant opportunities for
theft.
A Chinaman's jackets are his Their
mometer, lie will say. To-day is three
jackets cold. and if it increases at this
rate, tomorrow viii be four or five
jackets cold"
Their Shoes arewsl known, and their
caps are OF three or four different forms.
One they call the watermelon cap"
OF the shape Of half q watermelon, hav-
ing no frout-piece, but, instead, a knob
on the top by which it is handled. The
second is like 4 round top felt hat with
the sides turned up, and others are of
various shapes, The color of the knob
on the top Of the hat is the sign Of rank
among mandarins. The lowest wear a
gilt knob. thea white stone, a clear
crystal, q pale blue stone, a deep blue,
a pale red and q deep red III order of
rank. Yellow may only be worn by
the emperor's family, but as a mark of
respect To age, men over sixty years by
special edicts are allowed to wear yell
low, this always emitting them to great
consideration among all classes.
The dude pantaloon probably origin
ated among the Chinese. From the
dawn Of history, on state occasions,
officials and dressy persons will wear a
sort of p%Hntaloon, lifting az tightly as
possible TO the leg, and each leg being
entirely separate from its fellow. These
trousers are of silk or satin, and the
legs are held in place by being fastened
TO a waiS,-Dand or belt around the body.
On the approach Of cold weather the
Chinese increase the number of their
garments, until sometimes they are like
animated bales of cotton, their arms
being forced into a nearly horizontal
position; nor do they take off their
masses Of clothing until the return of
Snring.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19
Decayed Teeth and Eyesight,

Decayed teeth have been known to
exert an injurious effect on the eye
sight, but a recent case in Sweden
illustrates this reflex action in an I'M
usually striking manner. The patient
was a young girl blind in the right eye,
although the surgeon, DR.. Widmark,
was unable to detect the slightest
pathological change in the organ.
Observing, however, considerable de-
fects in the teeth, he sent her to NJ.
Skogsborg, adental surgeon, who found
that ali the upper and lower molars
were completely decayed, and that in
many of them the roots were intiamed.
He extracted the remains of the molars
on the right side, and in four days
time the sight OF the right eye began
to return, and on the eleventh day
after the extraction Of the teeth 1t had
become quite normal. The deceased
fangs on the other side were subse-
quently removed, lest they should cause
a return Of the ophthalr &c affection.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19

Paris is trying an experiment which
has long ago been found to answer in
Italy. On one OF the bouleyardS a
new establishment has been opened tor
the personal comfort of Parisians.
You can wash your hands, have
YOUR clothes brushed, your boots cleaned.
You can write your letters. Paper,
pens, ink, ETC., are at your disposal.
In one room are all the newspapers,
not merely Of Paris and the Provinces,
but of all the great Continental capt.
tolls. A third room is devoted to works
OF reference, encyclopedias, d%ictionar-
les and directories. There is a tele-
phone and a post Office, and all this is
omen TO any passvr-by who pays half-a-
franc admission. The Italian idea did
not go quite SO far, but III some respects
il was more useful. 1t was not n pri-
yate speculation, but a Government
concern. In fact, 1t was part OF the
working Of the postal system or the
country. You paid a penny entrance
fee and found all the means OF writing
and all tho information you might need
to hand. You buy paper at cost price,
and have the use of writing materials
rratuitously. The French institution
il q speculation, and if the building
opened on the Boulevard Montmar-
ire succeeds, no doubt we shall
see Others established all over the
oapifol
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Faces That Draw Money.

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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19
Getting The Taste of Mutton.

A queer story comes from New Zea-
land. The owls in that island used to
be as harmless as doves; indeed, they
once were "mOusing owls" and, there
fore, useful. But II night a settler
left a sheepskin nailed to his roof, and
an owl came along and tasted OF the
fat mutton left thereon, That owl
became a sheep-killer, alightlng on a
sleeps back three nights later. Still
more strange. all the other owls began
to like mutton, and now the New Zea-
land bird Of that species Stays thousands
upon thousands of sheep, their appe-
tites growing by what they feed on,
and their numbers increasing IN pro-
portion to their prosperity. They light
on the backs IF the sheep and tear
the poor beasts with their beaks. 60
ing at once through the carcass to
the kidney fat, which to the owls
tongue is the daintiest of morsels.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-19

HiSh' INhihS IN the Monterey Bay.
The fascination OF 4 bright light for
iSh is stated to have been first dis
covered 10y whaiers, who noticed that
the fish fairly swarined wherever the
glare Tell from their trypot furnaces.
The Monterey fishermen have reduced
the system TO "A nicely, aud the way in
which their nets swarm wien beached
Is ample evidence OF their success.
When the Turing is Gone on a large
scale 1t requires half a dozen boats. and
the sight ut night IS tuil OF interest.
All but two or three of the boats are
hlted with a metal basket at stern or
bow, n IN this a brilliant fire OF pine
Knots or oI!-saturatc't wlcking Is
klndlrd y kept burning by constant
repienlShinE from q stock Of fuel car
ried III the boats. The fire IS started
when the crafts are "A half mile off
shore and they are slowly pulled into
the beach, three or four pretty close
together ani on even terms. Behind